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Copies will be on sale during the evening.
Natural History Books
The Society publishes the Suffolk Natural History series of books. These excellent hardback reference works
provide a wealth of information about the history, status and biology of Suffolk’s wildlife. With their high quality photographs,
accurate distribution maps and authoritative text, they are essential reading for anyone interested in Suffolk’s flora and fauna.
Click to jump to a title or scroll down to view the full list
Whilst our website cannot accept on line orders by credit card you can download and print out our order form, send it to
the address on the form and your choice of books will arrive in the post.
The Butterflies of Suffolk - an atlas and history
Authors: Howard Mendel & Steve Piotrowski
Published by Suffolk Naturalists’ Society, Ipswich, 1986.
Full colour hardback. Pp. 128. ISBN 0-9508154-1-1
Size 210 × 148 mm (A5)
Price £10.00, p&p £2
This definitive guide to the County's butterflies, past and present is based on the results of the Suffolk
Butterfly Survey 1983-1985 and includes maps of all the species still to be found in the County.
Quality colour photographs of each species, taken by local naturalists who helped in the survey,
enable the book to be used as an identification guide. The authors, two well known naturalists and
conservationists, have drawn on a wealth of historical information to show the changes that have happened to
Suffolk's butterfly populations.
The Millennium Atlas of Suffolk Butterflies
Author: Richard Stewart
Published by Suffolk Naturalists’ Society, Ipswich, 2001.
Full colour hardback. Pp. 144. ISBN 0-9508154-6-2.
Size 210 × 148 mm (A5).
Price £10.00, p&p £2
This attractive book gives details, including colour photographs, of all 35 species
recorded in Suffolk during the Millennium Survey (1995-1999).
Other important records up to Spring 2001 are also included. There are innovative new colour
distribution maps comparing the Millennium Survey with the previous survey and highlighting
changes since the early 1980s. New all-time list of earliest and latest records for each species.
Information on best accessible sites for Suffolk butterflies. Sections on habitats, transects and
conservation. Foreword by Michael Chinery.
The Orchids of Suffolk - an atlas and history
Author: Martin Sanford
Published by Suffolk Naturalists’ Society, Ipswich, 1991.
Full colour hardback. Pp. 123. ISBN 0-9508154-3-8.
Size 210 × 148 mm (A5).
Price £10.00, p&p £2
This hardback book is the culmination of over four year's research and survey work by Martin Sanford of
the Suffolk Biological Records Centre. Several thousand records, most supplied by amateur naturalists,
have been analysed with the help of sophisticated computer programs and used to plot accurate distribution maps.
High quality colour photographs of each species with accompanying notes enable the book to be used as an
identification guide. There are introductory sections on ecology, variation, habitats and conservation, and a
special feature 'Suffolk orchids, half a century of change' by Francis Simpson, author of Simpson's Flora of Suffolk.
The Land and Freshwater Molluscs of Suffolk - an atlas and history
Author: Ian Killeen
Published by Suffolk Naturalists’ Society, Ipswich, 1992.
Full colour hardback. Pp. 190. ISBN 0-9508154-4-6. Size 210 × 148 mm (A5).
Price £10.00, p&p £2
The book is the result of 11 years survey work and research by Ian Killeen. It is the largest and most detailed
study yet undertaken of the Mollusca of any major English county and is essentially the work of one person.
Some 26,000 new records have been collected and the facilities at the Suffolk Biological Records Centre used to
produce accurate distribution maps. In addition to the Atlas there are sections on geology, climate,
Suffolk mollusc habitats and the history of molluscan studies in the County. The book is embellished with high
quality colour photographs of living snails and slugs.
Suffolk Dragonflies Author: Howard Mendel
Published by Suffolk Naturalists’ Society, Ipswich, 1992. Full colour hardback. Pp. 160. ISBN 0-9508154-5-4.
Size 210 × 148 mm (A5). Price £10.00, p&p £2
This definitive guide to the dragonflies of Suffolk is the most comprehensive study of its kind ever published
in Britain. An informed text based on detailed historical analysis, accurate, up-to-date distribution maps and
quality colour photographs of each species make this book a must for anyone interested in dragonflies. The contents
are of more than local significance. The Suffolk distributions are shown in the context of East Anglia and the
analysis of the changing status of many species is of relevance to Britain as a whole.
From Brandon to Bungay - an exploration
of the landscape history and geology
of the Little Ouse and Waveney Rivers
Author: Richard West
Published by Suffolk Naturalists’ Society, Ipswich, 1992 Softback. 31 colour plates Pp. 136.
Size 297 × 210 mm (A4).
Price £10.00, p&p £2
This book represents many years of work by Richard West, who first became interested in the Lopham Ford area of
Central Suffolk in the 1950's when he was a research student working at Hoxne near Diss. This
area of our county is well known for it's natural history interest with the renowned Redgrave Fen reserve and the
equally important Lopham Fen area. With this book Richard West reveals the geological
story behind the natural history. The title indeed says it all.
The Mammals of Suffolk
Author: Simone Bullion
Published jointly by Suffolk Naturalists’ Society and Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Ipswich, 2009
Full colour hardback.
Pp. 207.
Size 176 × 250 mm (B5).
Price £20.00, p&p £3.50
The county’s first comprehensive account of Suffolk’s mammals is jointly published by Suffolk Naturalists’
Society and Suffolk Wildlife Trust. The Mammals of Suffolk by Dr Simone Bullion, is an accessible and attractive
book with stunning colour photographs throughout and distribution maps of more than 60 species,
from bottle-nosed dolphin and Minke whale to soprano pipistrelle bats and red deer. It is a superb addition to
Suffolk’s natural history and is as likely to appeal to the lay naturalist as to those with a more specialist interest.
Members of the Suffolk Naturalists' Society receive two annual publications as well as three copies of our
newsletter White Admiral, which is available to read on this website (see menu on this page). The two annual
publications are:
Suffolk Natural History ( the
Society Transactions) ~ a review of the
County's wildlife and Suffolk Birds ~ the County bird report
The current edition of both these high quality annual publications are available for purchase by non
members:
Suffolk Natural History Price £6.00, p&p £1
Suffolk Birds Price £7.50, p&p £1.50
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